While most of us are still waiting to know which character Vin Diesel will be playing in either Avengers: Age of Ultron or Guardians of the Galaxy – I’m still holding out hope that he’s better than the voice of a tree – Joss Whedon and the folks at Marvel Studios are busting their butts to cast the role of Scarlet Witch, the sister of Quicksilver. And now that director Bryan Singer confirmed at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival that the Scarlet Witch will not be appearing in X-Men: Days of Future Past as initially reported, Whedon and Co. will have their pick of any actress they want.

Of course, that doesn’t mean the actress will say yes, as Bleeding Cool is reporting that Whedon’s first choice, Saoirse Ronan, has passed. That’s good news for Elizabeth Olsen, who is apparently the second choice to play Wanda Maximoff.

As I understand it, Olsen would need to adopt a “European” accent for the role, but that’s not such a big deal. Tougher will be standing her ground amidst an established cast of top-drawer actors and crowd pleasers that everybody in the audience already loves from the first Avengers film, not to mention their own pictures.

Meanwhile, the character of Pietro Maximoff, AKA Quicksilver, will still be included in Days of Future Past, as he’ll be played by Evan Peters from Kick-Ass and American Horror Story. Not to be outdone, Whedon and Marvel settled for Kick-Ass himself for their version of Quicksilver, as Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to play the man with superhuman speed.

You know, if this is some sort of pissing contest between Whedon and Singer, the latter could respond by adding Scarlet Witch back into the X-Men film. She could be played by Kate Upton. In fact, here’s a test shot:

I was envisioning a split of Father Guido Sarducci and Balki Bartokomous, which will be incredibly confusing for my boner when E-Ols inevitably lets Mary Kate and Ashley breath (yes, her bewbs are named after her sisters).

See, I would have figured that given the mix of drama and levity inherent in good comic book movies that Alison Brie would be a good fit, but maybe I am just jonesing for the good version of Community to come back.

she might find this boring. and the contracts offered to non-RJD’s of the world are an alright pay but you’re contracted to 10 more films and christ, it’s boring enough watching these movies, never mind being legally obligated to act in them for the rest of eternity.

No no no, see bodymeasurements.org lists Elizabeth Olsen as a 32B cup and Scarlet Witch is clearly D cup territory, obviously Olsen is terribly miscast as Scarlet Witch and I hope that the producers take note of this issue.

I’m likely wrong here, but wouldn’t the Scarlet Witch have to be in X-Men days of Future Future? All’s I knows is, you should get that Scarlet Pimpernel looked at. I don’t think it’s supposed to do that.

I got to go with fox (can’t believe I’m saying this) on the quicksilver pick…the avengers is turning into just popular faces playing dress up…people your getting all this money to act not to be yourself ….ironicly I know I’m wrong there….

The Real question should be are they going to use the word mutant in the avengers movie? I’m assuming the won’t and their explanation will be “I was born this way”…they can’t drop the M word without bringing up the persecution that the avenger team and shield seem to be ignoring…

I know I might get flack for being a fanboy or a purist but pym made voltron there can only be one quicksilver and he and his sister are both mutants. And those facts are gonna irk the hell out of me. The should quit with this studio shit and have all marvel properties under one roof.